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Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Rethinking Work and Embracing Productivity: Books and Philosophies for a Balanced Life

Work should be viewed as a means to an end, with the end being other things that make a good life good/nA clever setup and automation can reduce the footprint of work and turn it into a money engine/nEssentialism by Gregory McEwen focuses on intentionally and aggressively removing tasks from one's plate/nGinnio Dells' 'How to Do Nothing' and Celeste Panleys' 'Do Nothing' explore productivity by moving away from constant activity/nOliver Berkman's '4000 Weeks' is another notable book in this genre of reorienting a productive life away from quantity of activity

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